Race Lineup

The official 2021 Alsco Uniforms 302 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Alsco Uniforms 302

Saturday, September 25th, 2021

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV

  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 8 Toyota
  • 3 Ford

  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • Alsco Uniforms 302
  • Pole Winner: Austin Cindric
  • Age: 23
  • Team: No. 22 - Odyssey Battery Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Brian Wilson
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Austin Cindric won the Pole Award for the Alsco Uniforms 302 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Saturday, September 25th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Josh Berry Steals Spotlight in Xfinity Series Playoff Opener

Josh Berry seized opportunity and drove away from the competition Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Tabbed to substitute for injured JR Motorsports driver Michael Annett, the Tennessee late model champion Berry earned his second win of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season claiming an impressive 4.396-second victory in the Playoff opener.

Berry, 30, led a 1-2-3 JR Motorsports team sweep in the Alsco Uniforms 302 – besting his teammates Justin Allgaier and Noah Gragson, whose second and third place finishes were tops among the 12 Playoff eligible drivers.

It was the second consecutive night one team showed the way up front at the Vegas 1.5-miler. On Friday, the ThorSport Racing team swept the top four positions in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff race.

Berry's win proves himself versatile and up for the challenge. He won at the Martinsville, Va. short track earlier this year in the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet that he will drive fulltime next year. He matched that standard Saturday in the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. And he drove four other races this season in the No. 31 Chevrolet for team owner Jordan Anderson.

"Oh my gosh, that thing was so fast, it just took me a while to figure out," Berry said, adding, "I just had to stay disciplined and keep working on it and the guys made the right adjustments. And it was fast, man. Finally got a long run and got it all together."

As for racing his teammates, who are fighting for the championship.

"It was tough," Berry said smiling. "Me and Justin raced together a lot this year and most of them, he's gotten the better of me. Today we were able to get one. This is cool."

Eight of the 12 Xfinity Series Playoff drivers finished among the Top-10, including championship leader, Penske Racing's Austin Cindric in fourth and Joe Gibbs Racings drivers Daniel Hemric and Brandon Jones in fifth and sixth.

Regular season champion A.J. Allmendinger, who won Stage 1 for a season best 10th stage win – was seventh. Ty Gibbs, who joined Berry as the only two non-Playoff drivers among the Top-10 finished eighth. Allmendinger's Kaulig Racing teammate Justin Hailey was ninth and JGR's Harrison Burton 10th. Playoff driver Myatt Snider finished 15th, the last Playoff driver running at the end of the race.

The sweep up front was indicative of the evening as the JR Motorsports teammates paced the field all night. Allgaier led a race best 90 laps and won the Stage 2.

Berry took the lead from Allgaier with 42 laps remaining, relinquishing it only during final late race pit stops. He re-took the position with 17 laps and drove away for the victory.

Gragson's third place finish was remarkable considering the Las Vegas native was penalized twice on pit road and still drove through the field multiple times.

"I need to be better and they brought an unbelievable race car to the track and I'm happy for Josh and happy for everyone at Junior Motorsports, just wish we could have been the guy.

"We have really fast race cars at Junior Motorsports and everyone is super proud."

A handful of Playoff drivers were on the other end of fortune Saturday with Riley Herbst, Jeb Burton and Jeremy Clements all having their race cut short because of a 12-car accident on the restart following the Competition Caution period.

"I don't really think we need to be four-wide getting into [turn] one on lap 26,'' Burton said. "Nothing we could do there, frustrating. We needed a good run today, but we'll go to Talladega next week and win a race.

"Won there earlier in the year and almost won Daytona a couple weeks ago so I know I can go do it. Have the best team in the garage at speedway tracks so we'll go get it done next week and then go to the ROVAL."

With his fourth place finish at Vegas, Cindric takes a seven-point lead over Allmendinger in the Playoff standings. Allgaier is 28 points back, followed by Gragson (-29) and Hemric (-32).

Round 2 of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs, the Sparks 300 at Talladega, takes place next Saturday (4:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) on the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway. Jeb Burton won at Talladega this Spring. Justin Haley is the defending Playoff race winner.

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Laps Actual: 201 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 04.398 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 26 Minutes 28 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 123.509
  • Cautions: 6 for 32 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,352 (8.0 passes per green flag lap)

  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • 4th Annual Alsco Uniforms 302
  • Race Winner: Josh Berry
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No. 1 - PFJ Thank A Trucker Chevrolet
  • Owner: L.W. Miller
  • Crew Chief: Mike Bumgarner
  • Josh Berry won the 4th Annual Alsco Uniforms 302, his second victory in 28 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in three races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Justin Allgaier (second) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 16 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 18th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Noah Gragson (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in seven races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Josh Berry (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Austin Cindric leads the point standings by 7 points over AJ Allmendinger.
Ty Gibbs waits on the grid at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nevada - September 25, 2021 : Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Interstate Batteries Toyota, waits on the grid prior to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco Uniforms 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Alsco Uniforms 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 22 Austin Cindric Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Odyssey Battery Team Penske Brian Wilson
2 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hyperice Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
3 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Brandt Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
4 11 Justin Haley Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
5 20 Harrison Burton Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 DEX Imaging Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
6 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
7 18 Daniel Hemric Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Poppy Bank Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
8 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Menards / Jeld- Wen Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
9 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC Jr Motorsports Dave Elenz
10 98 Riley Herbst Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 South Point Hotel & Casino Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
11 8 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Big Machine / Carly Pearce Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
12 2 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Alsco Uniforms Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
13 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 First Pacific Funding Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
14 10 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Nutrien Ag Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
15 1 Josh Berry Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 PFJ Thank A Trucker Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
16 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Trade The Chain Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
17 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Globocam Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
18 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Silverton Hotel & Casino Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
19 44 Tommy Joe Martins Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Market Rebellion Martins Motorsports Dan Stillman
20 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Ga… Rss Racing Kevin Starland
21 07 Joe Graf Jr Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bucked Up Energy Ss Green Light Racing Joe Williams
22 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 ForeverLawn Jd Motorsports Paul Clapprood
23 48 Jade Buford Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
24 23 Blaine Perkins Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Raceline Our Motorsports Kenneth Roettger
25 26 Dylan Lupton Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Marques General Engineering Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
26 47 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 PORAC Mike Harmon Racing Mike Tyska
27 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Our Motorsports Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
28 31 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 South Point Hotel & Casino Jordan Anderson Racing Arthur Haire
29 105 Matt Mills Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 JF Electric Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
30 178 Mason Massey Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Gerber Collision & Glass Bj Mcleod Motorsports Adam Brooks
31 106 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
32 90 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 MiniDoge Dgm Racing BJ Tucker
33 17 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Parler Ss Green Light Racing Jason Miller
34 66 Matt Jaskol Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Autoparts4less.com Motorsports Business Management Johnny Roten
35 52 Carson Ware Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 KeepItSecure.net Means Motorsports Tim Brown
36 15 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
37 104 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Voyager Jd Motorsports Tommy Machek
38 61 David Starr Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Angry Crab Shack Hattori Racing Enterprises Doug Richert
39 199 BJ McLeod Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 BJ McLeod Motorsports Bj Mcleod Motorsports Keith Wolfe
40 74 CJ McLaughlin Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 SciAps Mike Harmon Racing Ed Jewett